Re: [bug-gnulib] problems in stdbool.m4

[Stepan Kasal]

Hello,

On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 08:23:29PM +0200, Bruno Haible wrote:
> Stepan Kasal wrote:
> > I noticed two problems with stdbool.m4:
> >
> > Even with Autoconf-2.59, this file is included in aclocal.m4,
> > and thus the gnulib definition overrides the Autoconf one.
> 
> This is what we want. Look at the comment:
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>   # This macro is only needed in autoconf <= 2.59.  Newer versions of autoconf
>   # have this macro built-in.
>   
>   AC_DEFUN([AC_HEADER_STDBOOL],

but 2.59 has it's own version of AC_HEADER_STDBOOL, though slightly different
from Autoconf-CVS.  And the gnulib copy is different from what Autoconf-2.59
has.

> > m4_ifndef([AC_HEADER_STDBOOL],
> > AC_DEFUN([AC_HEADER_STDBOOL],
> Nope, this would be a regression.

Oh, I understand now. But I don't think gnulib should redefine documented
Autoconf macros.  What about renaming it to gl_HEADER_STDBOOL ?

Have a nice day,
        Stepan